Senior Research Scholars

Rutie Adler

Hebrew Language Coordinator, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Azza Ahmad

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Arabic, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Wali Ahmadi

Associate Professor of Persian Literature, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Asad Q. Ahmed

CMES Chair; Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Department of Philosophy; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Hamid Algar

Professor Emeritus; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Robert Alter

Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature and Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Peter Bartu

Lecturer, Global Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Alda Benjamen

Avimalek Betyousef Post-Doctoral Fellow in Assyrian History, Department of History; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Adam Benkato

Assistant Professor & Bita Daryabari Chair in Iranian Studies, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Daniel Boyarin

Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture, Departments of Near Eastern Studies and Rhetoric; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Simon Brelaud

Visting Professor, Near Eastern Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Benjamin Brinner

Professor of Music; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Robin Buller

Tandem Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Migration, Institute for European Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Ahmad Diab

Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Ehud Eiran

Visiting Professor, UC Berkeley and Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Elsa El Mahdy

Arabic Language Coordinator, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Elsadig Elsheikh

Director of the Global Justice Program, Othering & Belonging Institute; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Samera Esmeir

Associate Professor of Rhetoric; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Munis Faruqui

Associate Professor of South and Southeast Asian Studies; Director of the Center for South Asian Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Keith Feldman

Associate Professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Mia Fuller

Associate Professor of Italian Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Reza Ghahramani

Lecturer in Persian; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Soroor Ghanimati

Guitty Azarpay Distinguished Visiting Instructor, NES; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Deniz Göktürk

Professor, Department of German; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Emily Gottreich

Adjunct Professor, Global Studies and Political Economy; Senior Research Scholar

Bruce Hall

Associate Professor of History; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

John L. Hayes

Lecturer in Arabic and Comparative Semitics, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Ron Hendel

Norma and Sam Dabby Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Charles Hirschkind

Professor of Anthropology; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Abhishek Kaicker

Associate Professor at the History Department; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Ethan Katz

Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Asma Kazmi

Assistant Professor of Art Practice; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Margaret Larkin

Professor of Arabic Literature, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Anneka Lenssen

Associate Professor of Global Modern Art; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Sarah Levin

Lecturer, Jewish Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Rita Lucarelli

Associate Professor of Egyptology, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Faculty Curator of Egyptology, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Lisa Maher

Associate Professor of Anthropology; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Ussama Makdisi

Chancellor's Professor of History; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Roy Marom

Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Maria Mavroudi*

Professor of History and Classics; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Nasser Meerkhan

Assistant Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar

Sanjyot Mehendale

Lecturer in Near Eastern Archaeology, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Minoo Moallem

Professor of Gender and Women's Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Haitham Salah El-Din Mohamed

Arabic Lecturer, NES; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Khalid M. Mosalam

Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering; Director of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Laura Nader

Professor of Anthropology; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Stefania Pandolfo

Professor of Anthropology; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Laurie Pearce

Lecturer in Assyriology; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies, Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, Center for Jewish Studies; Shalom Hartman Institute Bay Area Scholar in Residence; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Christine Philliou

Associate Professor of History; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Jaleh Pirnazar

Persian Language Coordinator; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Benjamin Porter

Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies; Faculty Director, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Sugata Ray

Associate Professor, The History of Art Department

Carol Redmount

Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Terry Regier

Professor, Department of Linguistics, Cognitive Science Program; Senior Research Scholar, CMES

Barbara Richter

Lecturer in Egyptology; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Francesca Rochberg

Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES